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The Moon on Monday, January 29, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on January 29, 1917Waxing Crescent

Monday 29 January 1917382,451 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 29, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.4% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
382,451 km237,644 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1917 is on Wednesday, February 7, 1917 at 03:28 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 23, 1917 at 07:40 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 23, 191707:40
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 30, 191701:01

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Monday, January 29, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 23, 1917 to the new moon of February 21, 1917, a cycle of 29.44 days.